The Rock says 'generation snowflake' is 'looking for a reason to be offended'

Editor's note: On Friday afternoon, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
posted to
Instagram and Twitter
saying that the alleged interview with the UK's Daily Star "never
happened." Business Insider quoted the interview in this story.
We regret the error.

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His full statement from an Instagram video is below:

"I can't believe I have to do this again and set the record
straight on something, but I'm happy to do it. Earlier today
online, an interview dropped with me - apparently it was with me
- where I was insulting and criticizing millennials. The
interview never took place. Never happened, never said any of
those words, completely untrue, 100% fabricated. I was quite
baffled when I woke up this morning.

"You know, I've gained such a great trust and equity with all you
guys all around the world over the past couple of years, and you
know it's not a real D.J. [Dwayne Johnson] interview if I'm ever
insulting a group, a generation, or anyone. Because that's not
me, and it's not who I am, and it's not what we do.

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"So to the millennials, the interview never happened. To the
plurals, the baby boomers, the snowflake generation - I don't
even know where that term came from - the tequila generation!
That's a generation I just started. That's a good one. You want
to join it. I always encourage empathy, I encourage growth, but
most importantly I encourage everybody to be exactly who they
want to be. Have a good day."